Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Vectors and Matrices; 2. Solving Linear Equations Ax = b; 3. The Four Fundamental Subspaces; 4. Orthogonality; 5. Determinants and Linear Transformations; 6. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors; 7. The Singular Value Decomposition (SVD); 8. Learning from Data; Appendix 1. The Ranks of AB and A + B; Appendix 2. Eigenvalues and Singular Values: Rank One; Appendix 3. Counting Parameters in the Basic Factorizations; Appendix 4. Codes and Algorithms for Numerical Linear Algebra; Appendix 5. Matrix Factorizations; Appendix 6. The Column-Row Factorization of a Matrix; Appendix 7. The Jordan Form of a Square Matrix; Appendix 8. Tensors; Appendix 9. The Condition Number; Appendix 10. Markov Matrices and Perron-Frobenius; Index; Index of Symbols; Six Great Theorems / Linear Algebra in a Nutshell.

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From Gilbert Strang, a new approach to linear algebra that is suitable for everyone, going from basics to the singular value decomposition.

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Gilbert Strang, Massachusetts Institue of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Reviews

'The author certainly makes every effort to explain all the concepts in great detail with well-chosen examples, and he provides a huge number of problems including 'challenge problems' and 'recommended problems'. There are also extensive web resources available.' Peter Giblin, University of Liverpool, The Mathematical Gazette